Iran launches more attacks against Kurdish groups in Iraq

Iran has continued to attack Kurdish areas of Iraq as protests intensify in Iran's Kurdish regions.
A Kurdish peshmerga fighter stands guard on a building following an Iranian cross-border attack in the town of Koye.
A Kurdish peshmerga fighter stands guard on a building following an Iranian cross-border attack in the town of Koye (Koysinjaq), 100 kilometers east of Erbil, northern Iraq, on Oct. 1, 2022. Iran launched artillery and drone strikes targeting Kurdish militants in Iraq's north, an Iranian Kurdish official told AFP. - SAFIN HAMED/AFP via Getty Images
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As the fighting intensifies in the Kurdish regions of Iran, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has launched more attacks on the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. 

An IRGC statement said that early Monday morning an IRGC ground force unit launched missiles and drones into northern Iraq. The statement said that the attack was against “the headquarters and centers of conspiracy, establishment, training and organization of anti-Iranian separatist groups.” 

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